I finally got to get out again with my E-Trac and I am really liking this machine. I went to where an old house was, it has been gone for 50 or 60 years. I have found a few good items there. Today I found several old items but I really like the one pictured. It is a 5 mil Oklahoma Tax Token. During the depression, tokens were given for 10Th's of a cent. If your item cost 1.00 and the tax was .025% then the cost of the item was 1.025. They did not round up or down, so you gave the clerk a dollar and 3 cents and they gave you 5 mils back (1/2 of a cent). You could use the mils just like money, can you imagine someone today trying to make change using 10ths of a cent!! I have found several 1 mils (1/10Th of a cent) but this is my first 5 mil. The 5 mils were made of brass and the 1 mils were made of aluminum. The 5 mils are not rare but it is just my 1st one. Love this E-Trac. HH Randy
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2nd Hunt with my E-Trac found 1/2 of a cent
- Thread starter iskirkra
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Nice find! ...I find them now and again...most aren't in as good shape as your is though. Seems like all that I find are so corroded up that you can hardly read them. You located in Oklahoma? I am from Pryor..up in the N.E. corner. Just got an E-Trac myself...nothing spectacular yet....a total of 4 wheat cents my first two hunts. Still waiting on some silver...
E-Trac-Ohio
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Real nice find !